N.Y. synod gets 1st female bishop

September 27, 2002|By Tribune news services.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The first female bishop elected to lead the Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has promised to "serve as the pastor to the pastors of our congregation."

Marie C. Jerge, 49, from the Buffalo suburb of West Seneca, is the sixth female bishop in the ELCA. She will lead 84,000 Lutherans in 200 Upstate New York churches.